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The Seven Churches of AsiaRevelation 1-3
Triumphs and Tragedies of Assembly Life in
the First and the Twenty-first Centuries
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Today: Western Turkey
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The Lord walks in the midst of the churches
Son of man
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A. The likeness of the churches (1)1. A church (called-out company); Matthew 18:17, etc.2. A flock; Acts 20:28.3. God’s husbandry (cultivated field); 1 Corinthians
3:9.4. God’s building; 1 Corinthians 3:9.5. A temple of God; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17.6. A new lump; 1 Corinthians 5:7.7. A body (a body-like organism); 1 Corinthians 12:27.8. An epistle of Christ; 2 Corinthians 3:3
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9. A chaste virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2.10. Lights; Philippians 2:15.11. A crown of rejoicing; 1 Thessalonians 2:19.12. A house of God (house-like); 1 Timothy 3:15.13. A pillar; 1 Timothy 3:15.14. A ground of the truth; 1 Timothy 3:1515. A golden lampstand; Revelation 1:12, 20.16. A star; Revelation 1:20.
A. The likeness of the churches (2)
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The assembly as a lampstand
1. Its preciousness2. Its position3. Its purpose4. Its permanence
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B. The likeness of Christ1. Like unto the Son of man (Earth)
2. Garment down to the foot (Priest-Judge)
3. Golden sash about His chest (Emotions)
4. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow (Wisdom, experience)
5. His eyes were as a flame of fire (Searching omniscience)
6. His feet were like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace (Judgment)
7. His voice as the sound as many waters (Preeminence) 8. Had in His right hand seven stars (Possession, authority)
9. Out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword (Penetrating words)
10. His countenance was as the sun shining in his strength (Majesty)
Son of man
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He is able to meet the need of every assembly!
1. Ephesus (2:1): He holds the seven stars in his right hand; walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.
2. Smyna (2:8): He is the first and the last, which was dead and is alive.
3. Pergamus (2:12): He has the sharp sword with two edges.
4. Thyatira (2:18): He is the Son of God, has eyes as flame of fire, His feet are like fine brass.
5. Sardis (3:1): He has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars.
6. Philadelphia (3:7): He is holy, He is true, He has the key of David, He opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens.
7. Laodicea (3:14) : The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God
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The Mystery of the Church
The Church Age
The Second
Coming of Christ:
Messiah’sReign
The Fisrt Coming of
Christ:Messiah’s Rejection
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From the Cross to the Millennium
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MillenniumTribulation
Universal Church
Local churches on Earth
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ASCENSION
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ETERNITY
MillenniumTribulation
LocalChurch
Local Church
CHRISTENDOM
Christ in glory (The Head)
HELL
Unevangelized
Tribulationsaints(Souls)
Lake ofFire
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Members ofThe Body-on Earth-
UNIVERSAL CHURCH
Members ofthe Body-in glory-
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A Glorious ChurchThe Bride
of the LambGlorified bodies5e
RAPTURE
ETERNITY
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C. The Lord looks at the assemblies
1. Ephesus – The fallen church2. Smyrna – The frightened church3. Pergamus – The friendly church4. Thyatira – The filthy church5. Sardis – The formal church6. Philadelphia – The faithful church7. Laodicea – The foolish church
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Symmetry of Order
EPHESUS LAODICEA
SMYRNA PHILADELPHIA
PERGAMUS SARDIS
THYATIRA
“THE DEPTHS OF SATAN”
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D. Layout of the Seven Letters
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Hell
Sepulchres
Earth
1stHeaven
2ndHeaven
3rd Heaven
UniversalChurch
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The Tribulation
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Rapture ofthe Church
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